Matthew 23:16

23:16 “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing. ¹  But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.’

Matthew 26:63

26:63 But Jesus was silent. The ²  high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, ³  the Son of God.”

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¹ tn Grk “Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing.”

² tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

³ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

sn See the note on Christ in 1:16.